In probabilistic reasoning, the problems of existence and identity are important to many different queries; for example, the probability that something that fits some description...
Output URL bidding is a new bidding mechanism for sponsored search, where advertisers bid on search result URLs, as opposed to keywords in the input query. For example, an adverti...
We present a comprehensive strategy for evaluating image retrieval algorithms. Because automated image retrieval is only meaningful in its service to people, performance character...
At CRYPTO 2008 Stam [7] made the following conjecture: if an m + s-bit to s-bit compression function F makes r calls to a primitive f of n-bit input, then a collision for F can be ...
The Context Interchange Project presents a unique approach to the problem of semantic conflict resolution among multiple heterogeneous data sources. The system presents a semantic...